China Announces Live-Fire Drills Near Matsu

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Taiwan's military says China's Eastern Theater Command has announced live-fire drills near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu islands. The military says China issued a navigation warning for waters off its southeast coast next to Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. Taiwan's military says it remains on a high alert.

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00:00Taiwan says China's military has announced live-fire drills near the Taiwan-controlled

00:05Matsu Islands.

00:06Taiwan's defense ministry says the Chinese navy temporarily restricted navigation in

00:11the waters off China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

00:15The ministry said China sent 20 military aircraft into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone

00:20or ADIZ... with 13 of those planes crossing the median line between the two countries.

00:25The ADIZ is not Taiwan's sovereign airspace, but it is used by the military here as a defensive

00:30buffer.

00:31Taiwan's military says it will remain on high alert during China's drills.

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